2024Pinhal do Rei - First Day Cover

The National Forest in Leiria (Mata Nacional de Leiria – MNL), also known as the King’s Pine Forest (Pinhal do Rei), is a coastal forest largely comprised of maritime pine (Pinus pinaster). It lies at the heart of the Portuguese forestry services and Portuguese forest ordinance and spans 800 years of history, people and natural developments, recorded in this "green cathedral" in the municipality of Marinha Grande, on the coastal dunes to the south of the River Lis.